A few linux kinks

[trydegrau]

Yep it's me again there are still a few things I can't get to work properly.

1) starting lampp at startup.
I tried Preferences -> Sessions and added an entry for lampp, this produces nothing . I got an error message somewhere somehow about needing root priviledges. I tried "su -C /opt/lampp/lampp start" but this aint working either, I prolly don't have the command down right...
I tried to add firestarter as well, but I can't even find the executable for that program lol.

2) Burning, Graveman won't burn. It says "communication error with cdrecord" although, my drive reads CD's fine. ? It asks me for the latest version of CDrecord...?
(I notice this problem while trying to burn puppylinux for a friend, not exactly good promo lol)

I know there's a third question but I forgot what it is... Itt'l come back to me.
EDIT oh yes, Amule sucks. what do you all use? something that downloads within a fortnight?

anyone else notice google doesn't produce good results anymore? no matter how I word my search, it never produces what im looking for. I practically only use google for measurement conversions (cooking). it's frustrating, I can usually solve my own problems with the right info...

anways, thanks to anyone who takes the time to answer

 

[trydegrau]

Ive also noticed alot of software for musicians and I was wondering if there was something out there (for linux) to learn/play piano using your computer and keyboard (QWERTY keyboard that is).

 

[trydegrau]

2) is solved.

Turns out I don't need graveman at all, ubuntu is pretty much already equipped to burn music, data, and ISO's. I found a wiki that explained that I simply needed to right click on the ISO and select "Write to Disc". How effing sweet is that? I couldn't even burn an image in winblows without downloading some shareware piece of crap

 

[Corny]

1)

just add a script for starting lamp in the directory for your standard runlevel (usually 2)

go to
/etc/rc2.d/

just create a file, enter
#!/bin/sh
new line and then your line for starting xampp

make the file executable

chmod +x filename

rename the file to something like

S99xampp

where 99 is the point when it is executed. if you would need xampp very early in the boot process you would use S10 or so.

 

[trydegrau]

I really don't get it. Is there a page or a wiki that explains this process in detail?

 

[davy]

holy sh*t, T-Rexx!

someone should be paying you for this.

 

[SantaCBear]

T-Rexx is THE penguin...

 

[Corny]

^ i fixed that

trydegrau:
for my solution .. just create the mentioned file with any editor. open a console, log in as root .. and the rest should be clear you can rename a file from the console by using the mv (move) command:

mv oldfilename newfilename

 

[trydegrau]

Oh gawd I could cry. I've tried everything, guess what?....

so fuck it. Im removing lampp and reinstalling it to my home directory, one way or another, this MFer is loading at startup.

I might love programming but I hate computers themselves, they never do everything they are supposed to...one of these days im gonna office space this PC.

 

[trydegrau]

To office space a pc (or printer):




BTW even installing lampp in my home directory doesn't work. It always says that I need to start lampp as root, no matter what the permissions are. I'm gonna leave it at that and check out other linux'es, at this point it would consume less time to install another system anyways than to get this one to work the way i want it to.

Thanks anyways

 

[trydegrau]

I had installed it to /home/fred/lampp/
I'll try installing it to /home/fred/opt/lampp/
ill see if I can run it without root permission...

 

[trydegrau]

"You need to start XAMPP as root!"
I'll leave it at that, im just using this computer to code and test, so I dont *need* it to boot xampp at startup, it's just annoying to have to do it through terminal every time. If i ever need a server ill install the server edition and i imagine that'll solve all problems.